Brassiere



Feb. 2 1926. 1,571,415

A. s. JoHNsoN BRAssIRE Filed Feb. 2l, 1923 3y 1 A9417, MAA/hmmm "5 K Arron/vins Patented vFeb. 2, UNITED STATES venera s. JQHNsoN, or BROOKLYN, NEW Yonx, vAssieron Toi/:onen BnAssIEnn co., INC., or NEW Yonx, N. Y.,

.A CORPORATION OF. YORK.

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Application led February 21, 1923.l Serial No. 620,423.

To all whom z't may cof/wem: y

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA S. JOHNSON, a. subject of the King of Sweden, and resident of the -borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brassires, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to brassires and has for its o 'ect to provide a combination brassire an camisole of novel construction adapted particularly for reducing the diaphragm and accomplishing its purpose by having a semi-detached band of a predetermined shape attached to the inside of the garment. Other more specic objects 'will .appear from the description hereinafter.

In the accompany' drawings which illustrate an exam lol-g? the invention without dening its Fig. 1 is an inside view of the arment; Fig. 2 is a detail section on the e 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig.' 3 is a detail section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings the arment comprises a body 5 constructed in t e form' of a camisole and preferably cut in three' sections attached to each other by sewing 6.

At its outer edges the body 5 1s provided with cooperating fastening devices 7 such as hooks and eyes whereby the garment may be secured in place upon the wearer; shoulder 'straps 8 may be attached to the Lipper edge of the body 5 as illustrated. This y 5 which constitutes what may be termed the outer garment is extremely deep and. in practice may measure as much as fourteen inches and 1s rovided at approxlmately the waist line with relatively narrow elastic inserts 9 which extend from the outer edges to points lndicated as 10 and located at opposite sides of the vertical centre line of the germe leave a central section 11 which is absolutely flat and. free from any material elasticity. TheseA elastic inserts 9 may run through binding it being understood that the garment orcamisole 5 issomewhat full at .the

waist line; that portion ofthe body 5 which isl continued below the. inserts 9 serves to prevent the camisole 5 from riding up over garment comprises a central section'12 of approximately .rectangular *form to constitute a pad which has its lowerportlon se- A the garment.

nt in spaced relation so as to' edge and the remainder of the section 12 being disconnected andfree from the body 5 as shown in Fig. 2. In the preferred construction 4the central section is proixdcd with a plurality of bones 14 arranged in cross relation as shown in Fig. 1, said bones being secured in place as indicated for instance in Fig. 2er1 the drawings. At opposte sides the section 12 is provided with integral con tinuations in the. form of iaps 1,5 which are detached from the body and are connected therewith only through the medium oi' the section 12. Elastic bands 16 of rubber or other suitable material are attached to the tic bands 16 as shown in Fig. 1 `being lo-4 cated in registry 'with the elastic inserts 9. With the described arrangement the inner garment is partially independent of the outer garment and is attached thereto only at 13 and at y17 as illustrated in Fig. 1; thus when the garment is worn the section 12 is rmly fitted over the diaphragm ,by the action. of the elastic bands 16 and thereby Serves all the purposes of an'eiiicient brassire while the outer garment may be made fancy enough and fitted in the manner? of a camisole so that it may be worn under a light waist in the customary manner. The

invention thus provides an efficient two in one garment constituting a combination fancy camisole and diaphragm reducing' consisting of the pad 12, flaps 15 and elastic bands 16 which are attached ,to the inside of If desired hanger slides 18 may be located both at the back .and the front for attachmentin the usual manner, to prevent any possible 'slipping `of the gar- 'ment. The garment is extremely simple in construction and maybe produced in any ornamental or existing style desired.

The improved two in one garment ma.

further be secured upon the wearer by a single operation, it bein simply necessary to connect the hooks and eyes 17 to fasten the two garments in place.l y

\ In some cases instead ofv being made of a plurality of sections the camisole or outer garment may be madev in one piece, in which case the underv arm or side seams 6 would cured to the body 5 by stitching 13 the upper be omitted. 'Ifhe shape of the top and bot- 110 tom edges of the central secton 12 and flaps 15 may be otherwiseA than as shown; itwill further be obvious` that the crossed arrange'- ment of the bones lneed `not be exactly as `illustrated and that said bones 14.- may cross each other in other Ways if desired.y Various changes 1n the specific form shown and described may be made Within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit f the invention.

I claim; l. A garment comprising a body, a diaivphragm reducing pad on the inside of saidl body at the front thereof and having its thereto, said flaps and bands" being'lother-v Wise free from said body.

2. A garment comprising a body-,elastic inserts in said body at approximately ythe waist line thereof,' said inserts extending4 from the outer edges of the body to points at opposite sides of the vertical centre line thereof, a. diaphragm reducing pad on the .phragm' reducing pad insfde of said body havingl its lower portion attached thereto and being otherwise detached from Said body, fiaps extending from said body in opposite directions,- elastic flaps and 'the' other end attached to said body at the outer edges thereof, said flaps and elastic bands being otherwise free from 'bands located in registry with said elastic iny serts` and having one end connected with said said body and means for detachably connecting the outer edges of-said body.

i3. A garment comprising a body, adiaon ne inside and at the front thereof and having'v its lower end connected Withsaid body and being therv Wise free therefrom, a.. plurality of bones in said pad arranged in spaced relationtoelch on ,its opposite. edges and with said body on theouter edges thereof and being other-l "Wis'e free from said body'and means for detachably connectingthe outer edges [of said body. v

'In testimony "whereof I have hereby signed thisV specification;

other, elastic means. connected with said pad 45 

